5 Notable alumni of Rush University
Updated: June 14, 2026 EliteDegrees
Rush University is ranked #6,025 in the world and #1,574 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 5 notable alumni from Rush University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with Rush University won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Marguerite Littleton Kearney
nurse scientist
Marguerite T. Littleton Kearney is an American nurse scientist. She is the director of the National Institute of Nursing Research's Division of Extramural Science Programs. Littleton Kearney was the associate dean for research at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Graduate School of Nursing.
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2. Julian H. Lewis
1891-1989 (aged 98)
physiologist
pathologist
Julian Herman Lewis was an American pathologist. The son of a freed slave, Lewis became the first African-American associate professor at the University of Chicago in 1922. His research interests included racial differences in relation to medicine and immunology. He earned a Guggenheim Fellowship for research in immunology in 1926.
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3. Hampar Kelikian
1899-1983 (aged 84)
surgeon
Hampar Kelikian was an Armenian American orthopedic surgeon. A pioneer in the restoration of damaged limbs, he was instrumental in treating U.S. Senator Bob Dole. When Dole returned from World War II with injuries that left his right arm frozen and about to be amputated, Kelikian fixed the shattered shoulder and allowed Dole to regain some use of his arm.
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4. Tina A. Davidson
1960-. (aged 66)
military nurse
Tina Ann Davidson is a retired rear admiral in the United States Navy, and Commander, of Navy Medicine Education, Training and Logistics Command, from 2018 to 2020. She is a fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives (FACHE).
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5. Marca Bristo
1953-2019 (aged 66)
nursing
activist
Marca Bristo was an American disability rights activist.